Due to weather challenges, Rocket Lab is pushing the launch of their “There and Back Again” rideshare mission to no earlier than May 1st, with a launch window of 22:35 – 00:40 UTC / 10:35 – 12:40 NZST, for this rideshare mission for a variety of customers. This is a recovery mission where — for […]
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Forrester’s Digest: Measat-3d + India’s GSAT-24 + OneWeb Working On India Approvals
Measat’s latest satellite, their 3d ‘triple payload’ with Ku-, Ka-, C-band and even L-band on board, is due to launch on June 22nd — also on board the Arianespace rocket will be India’s GSAT-24. The Arianespace Ariane 5 launch, from Kourou in French Guiana, will be the first of the year. Arianespace’s Mission VA257 will […]
Arianespace’s Upcomig June Launch On Ariane 5 For India And Malaysia
Mission VA257 will help improve the broadband coverage in the Asia-Pacific region. This Ariane 5 launch from Arianespace’s Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport, is scheduled for June 22, during a launch window from 21:03 to 22:43 UTC. This is the first Ariane 5 of the year that will orbit two geostationary telecommunication satellites, MEASAT-3d and GSAT-24. […]
SpaceX’s Successful Launch Of 53 Starlink Sats And Twelfth Recovery Of Just Read The Instructions
In the unlikely event their propulsion system becomes inoperable, the satellites will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere within 1-5 years, significantly less than the hundreds or thousands of years required at higher altitudes… After a slight delay due to weather, SpaceX was launched on a picture perfect day in Florida. This provided the stage for […]
Launches By New Space India Limited Are In OneWeb’s Immediate Future For Their On-Orbit Constellation Additions
OneWeb and New Space India Limited, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), have entered into an agreement that will help ensure OneWeb completes its satellite launch program. The first launch with New Space India is anticipated in 2022 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launches will add […]
Rocket Lab Secures Multi-Launch Contract With HawkEye 360 — This Will Be The Company’s Baptismal Electron Launch From LC2 On Wallops Island, Virginia
Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”) has been selected by Virginia-based HawkEye 360 to launch three Electron missions for the radio frequency geospatial analytics provider — the first of the three missions is scheduled to be Rocket Lab’s inaugural Electron mission from Launch Complex 2 on Wallops Island, Virginia, ushering in an […]
SpaceX + USSF’s Delta 30 Successfully Launch The NROL-85 Mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the NROL-85 mission pushed off from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, April17, at 6:13 .m., Pacific Time. Colonel Rob Long, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, was the launch decision authority. “Today the Western Range teamed with the National Reconnaissance […]
Arianespace’s New Contract With ESA Is To Launch Radar Satellite, Sentinel-1C, On Vega-C
Arianespace has been awarded a launch contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the European Commission, to launch Sentinel-1C in the first half of 2023 on Vega-C. The satellite, weighing around 2.3 metric tons, will be placed in a Sun-synchronous orbit with an altitude of approximately 690 km. “We are very proud of this new launch contract […]
Ax-1 Mission Launches Successfully + Four Private Astronauts Are En Route To The ISS
Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1), the world’s first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), has successfully launched. The four-person, multi-national crew of Ax-1 is, as of this writing, in orbit, following an 11:17 a.m. EDT liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ax-1 crew includes […]
United Launch Alliance To Place 38 Amazon Project Kuiper Satellites Into LEO
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced that Amazon has selected their next-generation Vulcan rocket for 38 launches to support the deployment for its ambitious Project Kuiper, Amazon’s initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 advanced satellites in LEO. ULA will be responsible for the launch of the majority of these satellites. […]